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catching up – summer playlists editionhttps://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/08/07/catching-up-summer-playlists-edition/
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summertime2018– all jams, whether those be pop jams or rock & roll jams (or somewhere between the two). I’ve been constantly updating this one all summer and there are currently 117 tunes in it. Listen/follow on Spotify.

golden hour vol. 1 & 2 – a few collections of tunes made with the express intent of being the perfect soundtrack for those long, golden hours just before the sun is fully down for the day. Listen/follow vol. 1 and/or vol. 2 on Spotify.

my favorite songs of 2018 (so far) – pretty self-explanatory. 25 of my favorite tunes so far this year. And then below that is the big ongoing list with the 300+ tunes I’ve loved so far in 2018 (which will include more as we go along, obviously). Listen/follow the short version or the long version on Spotify.

“Yolk In The Fur”- Wild Pink
The new Wild Pink album is my favorite album of they ear so far, everyone.

“Lost Boy”- The Midnight
This + summer is a very good match, you guys.

“Keeping Time”- Angie McMahon
The world really needs the debut album from Angie McMahon to be a thing that’s in the world soon.

“Work Out”/”65th & Ingleside”- Chance the Rapper
Yesssssssss.

“Hard Way”/”Easy Come Easy Go”- Glorietta
Very happy this super group is a serious thing and not some joke band, if I’m being honest. These are both very, very good.

“Your Own”- Sales
This sounds like these dog days of summer.

“Make Time 4 Love”- The Goon Sax
This, too, sounds like summer.

“Grow into a Ghost”- Swearin’
Turn this all the way up.

“What Hurts Worse”- Iron & Wine
This is lovely.

“Light on the Ground”- Valley Maker
This one, too.

“Baby”- Harvey Trisdale
Like a leisurely stroll.

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“Chemicals”- Gregory Alan Isakov
Very, very excited there’s a new album from Mr. Isakov coming in October.

“Gratitude”/”Hymnostic”- Big Red Machine
Oh. Oh wow.

“Wish You Well”- Emma Louise
Written from a male perspective, sung by a woman, put through a machine to sound like a man singing. I am here for this.

“Gold Rush”- Death Cab for Cutie
This is a very good song. That’s all I got to say about it.

“Forever Is a Very Long Time”- Tallest Man On Earth
It’s really nice to have Tallest Man back out here writing some of the best stuff of his career.

“A Trick of the Light”- Villagers
Man, it’s nice to have new music from Villagers.

“Tide of Life”- Phil Cook
The latest Phil Cook album that came out a few weeks back is one of my favorites of 2018. This is probably my favorite track from it.

“Other Lover”- Mikaela Davis
This one fits on that lazy summer day playlist, too.

“It Might Get Dark”- White Denim
Best to just play this very loudly and dance around, I think.

]]>https://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/06/14/catching-up-116/feed/0songsforthedaysummertime2018 – an ongoing playlisthttps://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/summertime2018-an-ongoing-playlist/
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]]>https://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/06/06/summertime2018-an-ongoing-playlist/feed/0IMG_9249songsforthedaycatching uphttps://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/05/31/catching-up-115/
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“Percy Faith”- Damien Jurado
This is the best song Damien has put out in a long, long while, and one of the best songs of the year by anyone. Man. What a tune.

“Fallingwater”- Maggie Rogers
This is a flawless piece of work.

“Clip Your Wings”- The Dead Tongues
That new album from The Dead Tongues is one of the best ones I’ve heard this year. This gorgeous tune closes it out.

“Let It Bleed”- Neighbor Lady
The new collection of tunes Neighbor Lady just put out is one of the finest collections of tunes I’ve heard this year.

“Let’s Find An Out”- Snail Mail
Yep, this is very, very good.

“Spoil with the Rest”- Ryley Walker
This is tremendously lovely.

“There Is a Ledger”- Wild Pink
Going to be very into this upcoming Wild Pink album this summer, you guys.

“Storm Cellar Heart”- Mutual Benefit
There can never be enough beautiful Mutual Benefit tunes in the world.

“Give Yourself A Try”- The 1975
I love pop music.

“Boomin’ In Your Jeep”- Crystal Fighters
I love pop music, part 2.

“”Fake Empire (Live in Brussels)”- The National
Yep, this is still a perfect song.

“New Compassion”- HAERTS
I don’t know what I was expecting when I pressed play, but it wasn’t something this lush and delightful. What a nice surprise.

“Better This Way”- The Get Up Kids
I like a new song from The Get Up Kids in 2018? I like a new song from The Get Up Kids in 2018.

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“Lake Erie”- Wild Pink
Prepared to lose many summer nights to this album.

“Delivery”- Mikaela Davis
Been really enamored with this one lately.

“Bought It”- Middle Kids
The new Middle Kids record is really tremendous.

“Motel 6”- River Whyless
I’ve listened to this song an unreasonable number of times in the last few weeks.

“Discotheque”- Sun June
Man, the easy sway of this song gets me every time.

“Supergiant”- Valley Queen
Very ready for this album, you guys.

“Pale November Dew”- The Dead Tongues
Real into this one, flute solos and all.

“Static”- Timecop1983 feat. The Midnight
Like neon lights and jean jackets coming out of your speakers.

“Badlands”- Thunderpussy
Ready to drive around with this record playing very loudly all summer.

“Lavender Burning”- Half Waif
Something about this song keeps dragging me back in (just to crush me again).

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“On My Knees”- Middle Kids
One of my favorite songs of 2018, this one right here.

“Somewhere in the Mountains, Somewhere in New York” – The Tallest Man on Earth
Didn’t realize Tallest Man On Earth was gonna start writing the best stuff of his career out of nowhere, but here we are.

“Pynk”/”I Like That”- Janelle Monáe
Good lord. Janelle for President.

“Sky Full of Song”- Florence + The Machine
Very here for Florence Sings Restrained Ballads, if that’s what this new album is gonna be.

“Never Say Die”- Chvrches
Damn, this is a catchy one.

“Nostalgia”- MØ
Already prepared to play this one too many times this summer.

“On the Low”- Tove Stryke
Same goes for this one.

“Talking Straight”- Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
And, if we are being honest, this one, too.

“Thunderpussy”- Thunderpussy
Sure. Let’s go ahead and turn this one way up.

“Passing Clouds”- Hiss Golden Messenger
This is all sorts of funky and groovy and I am very much here for it. An A+ jam for an A+ cause.

“Young”- Sun June
I have absolutely worn this song out the last few weeks. It is 100% perfect.

“Believe”- Amen Dunes
Now this… this is a tune. Holy cow.

“Won’t Be Long”- The Dead Tongues
This one is in HEAVY rotation right now. It’s a delight.

“Summertime”- Field Report
The thing about the new Field Report album is that it’s one of my favorite records so far this year.

“Truck Full of Money”- Donovan Woods
There’s something about the bridge in this song that I can’t get over. It’s a grower and it’s a great song, because that’s all Donny writes.

“Wide Awake”- Parquet Courts
Let’s. Get. Wild. Kids.

“There’s A Reason”- Wet
I’m very happy Wet is back.

“Brace”- Twin Shadow feat Rainsford
This is a mighty fine pop tune.

“Sisters”- Natalie Prass
Very much here for the very funky and very catchy left turn Natalie Prass has taken with her tunes.

“Prior Things”- Hop Along
The structure of this song is sort of insane and all over the place and I enjoy it very much.

“Colored Glass”- Faustina Masigat
I keep getting lost in this tune. It’s a good problem.

“An Ocean”- The Tallest Man on Earth
It’s very good to have The Tallest Man on Earth back making tunes about birds and such.

“Children of the Civil War”- Tyler Lyle
This is a very good song and I’m glad my friend Tyler has officially shared it. His new EP is very good and you should buy it.

]]>https://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/catching-up-112/feed/0songsforthedayspring2018 – a playlisthttps://songsfortheday.wordpress.com/2018/03/12/spring2018-a-playlist/
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A note: I’m going to start doing these seasonal things this way- the ongoing playlist way- from here on out, I think. Our baby girl is just starting to crawl, and all that time and energy I used to have to spend hours worrying about transitions and order and such is all gone. And if we are all being honest, and we should be, none of us is listening to music in any specific order in 2018. Also: all these songs play well together. In conclusion: best to just hit shuffle on this here playlist.